“1 Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto
him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very
much land to be possessed. 2 This [is] the land that yet remaineth: all
the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 3 From Sihor, which
[is] before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, [which] is
counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites,
and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites;
also the Avites: 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and
Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the
Amorites: 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the
sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into
Hamath. 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephothmaim, [and] all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from
before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.”
“7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine
tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and
the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them,
beyond Jordan eastward, [even] as Moses the servant of the LORD gave
them; 9 From Aroer, that [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the
city that [is] in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba
unto Dibon; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which
reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 And
Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount
Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan,
which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of
the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 13
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the
Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the
Israelites until this day. 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none
inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire [are]
their inheritance, as he said unto them. 15 And Moses gave unto the
tribe of the children of Reuben [inheritance] according to their
families. 16 And their coast was from Aroer, that [is] on the bank of
the river Arnon, and the city that [is] in the midst of the river, and
all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in
the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, 18 And Jahazah, and
Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar
in the mount of the valley, 20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and
Bethjeshimoth, 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom
of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses
smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and
Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay
with the sword among them that were slain by them. 23 And the border of
the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This [was]
the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the
cities and the villages thereof. 24 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto
the tribe of Gad, [even] unto the children of Gad according to their
families. 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead,
and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that [is] before
Rabbah; 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from
Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 27 And in the valley, Betharam, and
Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon
king of Heshbon, Jordan and [his] border, [even] unto the edge of the
sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. 28 This [is] the
inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and
their villages. 29 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half tribe of
Manasseh: and [this] was [the possession] of the half tribe of the
children of Manasseh by their families. 30 And their coast was from
Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the
towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities: 31 And half
Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan,
[were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh,
[even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32
These [are the countries] which Moses did distribute for inheritance in
the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance: the LORD
God of Israel [was] their inheritance, as he said unto them.” (Joshua
13:1-33 AV)
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